Orlando



(No Model.)

0. O. WALKER & R. G. MOON.

PORTABLE GISTERN.

.No. 529,511. Patented Nov. 20, 1894.

116 may UNITED STATES ATENT FFTCEQ ORLANDO O. XVALKER AND ROBERT G. MOON, OF BEDFORD, IOWA, ASSIGN- ORS, BY DIRECT AND MCOLOUD, OF SAME PLACE.

MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO SAID MOON AND C. S.

PORTABLE CISTERN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 529,511, dated November 20, 1894.

Ap lication filedNovember 17, 1893. Renewed October 18, 1894. Serial No. 526,322. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ORLANDO O. VALKER and ROBERT G. MOON,citizens of the United States, residing at Bedford, in the county of Taylor and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Portable Oistern, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to portable cisterns; and it has for its object to provide an improved cistern of this character which can be readily set up in any position designed for the location of a cistern, and which can be easily cleaned out and repaired.

To this end the main and primary object [5 of the present invention is to construct a sectional cistern, the several parts of which shall be firmly joined together in water tight joints which will withstand long usage, while at the same time providing a construction which can be easily repaired and taken apart for removal and replacement in another position.

V'Vith these and other objects in View which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood the same consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings:Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portable cistern constructed in accordance with this invention; Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal sectional View thereof. Fig. 3 is an enlarged de-' tail vertical sectional View showing the joint between the top and bottom meeting edges of the section blocks. Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the joint between the side meeting edges of the blocks. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail plan view of the sectional bottom. Fig. 6 is an enlarged horizontal section taken through one of the joint hooks of the section blocks.

7 Referring to the accompanying drawings, A represents a portable sectional cistern body adapted to be located in any convenient or suitable position usually occupied by cisterns, and said cistern body is of a substantially cylindrical shape, rounded or tapered in at the top as at B, and provided at its upper end with the central opening 0, adapted to re- 50 movably receive the flanged cistern cap I),

which can be easily removed when the cistern is taken apart, and said flanged cistern cap D, is provided with a central opening a", adapted to detachably receive the lower end of the manhole pipe E, which is sufficiently large to admit of a person gaining access to the interior of the cistern, and the upper open end of said manhole pipe is closed in by the removable platform cap F, on which is adapted to be placed any suitable pump for lifting the water out of the cistern in the ordinary manner.

The upper closed end of the cistern body A, receives the filling pipe G, which leads from any source of supply and is adapted to conduct the water into the cistern, and a similar pipe g, also enters the top of the cistern and is designed to carry off an excess of supply, and prevent the cistern from overflowing.

The cylindrical cistern body A, consists of superposed tiers of registering section blocks H, which are arranged so as to break joints and thereby insure water tight connections or joints for the several cistern sections. The

registering section blocks H, which make up the body of the cistern A, are segmental in shape in order to complete a circular body when in alignment with each other, and the uppertiersof thesection blocks I-Larerounded or curved lengthwise in order to complete the rounded or tapered top 13. The several segmental section blocks H, are provided at their top and bottom meeting edges with the registering cement grooves I, which completely encircle the cistern body and are adapted to be filled with a cement filling i, and such top and bottom meeting edges of the section blocks H, are firmly braced together by means of the depending joint lugs J. The depending joint lugs J, project from both sides and the lower edges of all of the blocks above the lower tier and are adapted to overlap and embrace therebetween the upper edges of the blocks immediately there-below, and this joint between the top and bottom meeting 5 edges of the blocks is additionally braced by means of a number of joint pins K, engaging openings in the top and bottom edges of the sections and cemented firmly in position. The inner side edges of the section blocks H, I00

edges-of the registering section blocksare i firmly braced by the joint hooks N, bridging the joint at the side edges of the blocks and cemented in position in suitable grooves and openings 'rt, formed in the outer faces of the blocks for the reception of such hooks. The lower tier of aligned section blocks H, are further provided near their lower inner edges with the annular bottom grooves 0, adaptedto align with the outer shouldered edge P, of the sectional bottom 19, said shouldered edge being properly cemented in position bygroove 0, and the shouldered edge P. This sectional bottom 1;), is additionally held firmly in position within. the lower end ofv the cylindrical cistern body A, by means of the bottom clamp band R, encircling. the outer lower edge of the cistern body and detachably held in position thereon by the bolt 1".

The sectional bottom 17, comprises a series of registering flat sections or blocks S, pro- 1 vided at their top meeting edges with the registering cement grooves s, corresponding tothe grooves L, in the cistern body and adapted to receive a cement filling s, and said registering sections or blocks form a central opening closed. in by a center circular block T, fitted, in. position in the same, manner as the other sections of the bottom.

Now from the foregoing it is thought that it will be apparent that the herein described construction of cistern not only renders the same very efficient forv the work required of it, but possesses many advantages whichwill having an annular bottom groove near its be apparent to those skilled inthe art, and we will have it understood that changes in the form, proportionand the minor details of construction may be resortedv to without depart ing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thusdescribed the invention, what.

is claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

1'. In a portable cistern, the sectional cylinour own We have hereto affixed: our signa- 5 tures in the presence of. two witnesses.

drical cistern body having a rounded or tapered top provided with. a central opening, a flanged cistern cap adapted to be removably fitted in said central opening,,amanhole pipe having its lower end fitted into said ci'stern cap, a removable pump platform fitted in. the upper end of the manhole pipe, and

filling and overflow pipes leading into the upper end of the cistern body, substantially as set" forth. a

2. In a cistern, the combination of a sectional body, the bottom removably fitted into the lower end of said body, and a detachable clamp band encircling the outer lower edge of thecistern body, substantially as set forth.

3". A cistern body consisting of superposed tiers of registering segmental blocks breaking joints and having registering cement grooves at their top, bottom, and innerside meeting edges, substantially as set forth.

4:. In a cistern, the sectional body consisting of registering segmentalblocks having registerin-g cement grooves at their top and bottom edges, and joint pins joining said top and bottom edges of the blocks and cemented in position by the fillingofi said grooves, sub- 1 stantially asset forth. a cement filling, Q, which is inserted into the 5. A cistern body consisting of superposed Z tiers of registering segmentalv blocks having cement grooves at their meeting edges, the blocks above the lower tier being. further provided at both sides of their lower edges with. parallel depending spaced joint lugs overlapping, and. embracing. there-between the upper edges of the blocks immediately there-below, substantially as set forth.

6. In a cistern, the combination of the cylindrical sectional body consisting of, registering. segmental blocks having. registering cemjent grooves at their top and. bottom edges and their inner side edges, the blocks above 1 the uppertier being. provided. with. ing, jointlugs embracing, the upper edgesof' dependthe blocks immediately there-below, cement fillings for the registering. grooves, joint pins joining the top andbottom edges oftheblocks,

1 and.jointhooksbridgingthe j'ointatthe outer side edges of the blocks, forth.

substantially as set 7. The combination. with a cistern body lower inner edge; of a. sectional bottom having a shouldered edge adapted to receive a tom groove, said sectional bottom. consisting of aiseriesof registeringfiatsections or blocks provided at their topmeeting edgeswith registering cement grooves, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that w'eclaim the foregoingas O. R. OSBQRN, CHARLIE WALRATH.

, cement filling also placed in said annular bot- 

